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Name__________________________________ Meeting Jesus in the Sacraments

Chapter 7 Directed Reading Worksheet

Date____________________________________ The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick

Directions: Read through the chapter and fill in the missing information. All the questions run sequential to the chapter. If a true/false statement is false, correct it.

Pages 181 – 186 “Is Anyone Among you Suffering?”

1. In the Epistle of St. James, he asks the question: “_________________________________?” When we face _______________ and suffering we ask “__________?” These questions can lead a person to begin a search for ___________ and lead to a discovery of what in life is really _________________, and what is not.

2. True or False? The Hebrew people believed that sickness was a punishment for their sins.

3. Adam and Eve transmitted to their __________________ their own wounded nature and a loss of their original _________________ and justice, as a __________________ of their sin. As a result of ____________________, human nature is weakened and _________________ to sin.

4. The early _________________ believed that all suffering directly resulted as punishment for sin, called the “_________________________.” They believed that people who were seriously ill or ____________ early must have sinned, or their _________________ must have done something to _______________ God.

5. What is theodicy?

6. True or False? Job accepts the conventional wisdom of his time that his suffering is caused in some way by his sins.

7. What is apocalyptic writing?

8. The _________________ lived among peoples of other religions who also looked at sickness as a ______________ condition. The sick were _________________ by the righteous and were often considered __________________ because they did not contribute to the well-being of the ______________.

9. What was the meaning of the Fourth Commandment to the Israelites?

10. Jesus did not ________ as much about suffering as he _________ on suffering. He treated both the _____________ symptoms of illness as well as the soul by offering _________________. Jesus also ________________ the understanding that suffering is a ___________________ for sin.

11. In the days of Jesus, sick people were still treated as _______________. Some of them, especially ______________ and those possessed with _______________, had to live in the ___________________ outside the city walls and rely on ______________. Many of the __________________ were forced to beg for alms and _______________.

12. According to Mosaic Laws, how could one become unclean? What were the consequences of being made unclean?

13. True or False? Jesus defied the local customs of his day and touched the sick and disabled.

14. True or False? Jesus directly explained why God allows human suffering.

15. What important points did Jesus make about human suffering?

16. How did God show that he shares our suffering?

17. Instead of a triumphal _______________ general or a powerful __________, Jesus came as a different kind of ________________—the Suffering Servant foretold by _____________. Jesus redeemed us by willingly taking upon himself our sufferings and __________________ for sin.

18. One of the reasons Jesus cured the ________________ ailments of others was to show clearly that he was the _________________. But his healings also expressed his heartfelt love for ___________________ and revealed to people the ______________ love and compassion for the sick and ______________.

19. What are two way the sick and suffering might contribute to the community?

20. Jesus ultimately answered the _______________ about the meaning of suffering through his own _____________

___________________. We can now ____________ our suffering with Jesus’ and thus become more like him to contribute to the _________________ of the world.

21. Jesus told his ____________ to continue to heal the sick while preaching the saving words of the _____________________. The _____________ continues to respond to this command and takes care of the _____________ and their needs and offers _________________ for those who are ill.

Pages 187 – 189 Understanding the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick

22. True or False? Without the help of the Holy Spirit, suffering will not free a person to love.

23. Jesus’ _______________ anointed and __________________ on those who were sick to heal them. In later centuries Christians would gather around and ____________ for the sick person and then rub __________ that had been blessed by a _____________ on whatever parts of the body needed healing.

24. Evidence of the Rite of Anointing comes from the _____________________. At Mass, a bishop blessed the _______________________, praying that the oil would bring _______________ to all anointed with it. A letter of Pope ______________ I offers further written ______________ that blessed oil was used.

25. True or False? During the Middle Ages the Anointing of the Sick came to be seen as something that accompanied a final reception of Penance and Baptism.

26. True or False? The Council of Ephesus declared that only priests are to be ministers of the Anointing of the Sick.

27. What is extreme unction? What is viaticum?

28. True or False? The Second Vatican Council embraced both of the historical meanings of the Sacrament of Anointing: as a sacrament of the sick with an emphasis on healing and as a sacrament of the dying to prepare people for death.

29. The new ___________ of Anointing of the Sick emphasizes God’s ______________ for the sick, Christ’s ____________________, and the Church’s prayers for the sick person’s ______________ of health—both physically and ________________.

Pages 189 – 193 Celebrating the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick

30. The Sacrament of Anointing is especially appropriate for those who are ____________________ due to sickness or ______________ and may be ________________ if the sick person recovers only to have the illness ___________ and become more serious.

31. True or False? When a priest is called to administer the sacrament to someone who has already died, he does not administer the Sacrament of Anointing.

32. What is the matter for the Sacrament of Anointing?

33. Why is the sacrament intended to be celebrated in a communal setting?

34. What is the essential rite of the Anointing of the Sick?

35. In the __________________ Rite the priest or bishop ____________ the sick person and gathered assembly. Those who are ___________ may receive the Sacrament of Penance by ________________ confession. If there is no confession the priest invites everyone to join in the ______________________.

36. The purpose of the Liturgy of the ____________ is to allow the words of ____________ and the witness of the ________________ to awaken the _____________ of the sick person and the _____________________.

37. What is the purpose of the homily? (page 191)

38. True or False? The laying on of hands immediately follows the Liturgy of the Word.

39. True or False? The priest lays hands on the head of the sick person and calls on God to come and fill the sick person with his healing presence.

40. True or False? Only a bishop may bless the oil that is part of the Sacrament of Anointing.

41. True or False? In the Roman Rite the priest anoints the forehead of the sick person and then the hands.

42. ________________, a separate liturgical rite for those who are _____________, is the person’s last reception of the _________________. The gift of Lord’s Body and Blood near the time of ____________ strengthens the person and reminds him of Christ’s _________________ of resurrection.

43. True or False? Viaticum may be brought to the sick by a deacon or another member of the parish who has been appointed by the local bishop to distribute the Eucharist to the faithful.

Pages 193 – 194 The Grace of the Anointing of the Sick

44. There are several spiritual _______________ of the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick. Healing ______________ takes place as a result of the sacrament and those who __________________ in it are always healed in some way. The effects are _________________ and real.

45. The first _____________ a person experiences is to be able to _____________________ of being sick. Through the assistance of ____________, through the power of the ___________________, our soul is healed, and also our body if it is God’s ____________ and helps toward our _____________________.

46. What is a second effect of the Sacrament of Anointing?

47. The Church participates in the ______________ of Christ by caring for a sick or ____________ person. By uniting ourselves to the _____________________ when we are sick, we share a _____________ to the truth of Christ’s ________________ and provide an opportunity for the Church to live as the _________________________.

48. We are given the _________________ strength to complete our __________________ to the death and Resurrection of Christ just as _______________ began it. We accept our situation as Jesus once _______________ his same lot in the __________________________.

49. How is the Sacrament of Anointing connected with Baptism and Confirmation?

Pages 195 – 198 How We Live Effects the Sacrament

50. The sacrament provides the grace to help those who are sick and ________________ as they move from

________-centeredness to _________-centeredness. It _______________ them and the entire Church by helping them develop ___________________ and concern for those who suffer and _________________ to them.

51. In what parable does Jesus explicitly address the need for Christians to care for the sick?

52. The answer to Job’s problems was one of conversion. Explain.

53. True or False? Sickness is not a punishment, it helps us see sickness and suffering as opportunities for growth and holiness.

54. Some of the Church’s greatest _____________ knew what it meant to unite themselves with the suffering of ___________. St. _______________ of Lisieux was confined to a bed when she contracted __________________. St. _________________ of Loyola spent many months in bed after he was seriously ________________ in a battle.

55. The title Christ means “____________________” and when we are anointed with the __________ of the Sick we are challenged to unite ___________________ with Christ so completely that _______ become “the anointed one.”

56. Like Jesus, we bring _______________ to others in today’s _____________: in the words of Henri Nouwen, we allow ourselves to become “____________________.” We can heal others because we ______________________ _____________ to suffer and be healed by God’s ___________.

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